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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"cicadas"”.
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Endothermy in cicadas (Homoptera:Cicadidae)
… the functional significance of endothermy in cicadas.
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UNCAGING CICADAS: Lover, Beloved, and Reader in Contemporary Love Poetry
In this thesis, I read a selection of North American contemporary poets – namely John Ashbery, Anne Carson, Robert Duncan, Craig Dworkin, Robert Kendall, Jackson Mac Low, Romy Achituv and Camille Utterback – in the context of the tradition of love poetry and the overarching critical discourses …
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Fire and periodical cicadas: impacts on soil nutrients and understory plant germination
<p><strong>Purpose </strong></p> <p>A compound disturbance, composed of a prescribed fire and a periodical cicada emergence, occurred in northern Georgia in the summer of 2021. Independently these disturbances have substantial effects on the surrounding ecosystems. This study investigated the …
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Bridging the gap: Biomechanics of vertical gap-crossing in snakes and cicadas
… or the presence or absence of limbs. Periodical cicadas (Magicada septendecim) are an example of animals which must overcome both discontinuities and changes in branch diameter. After spending 13-17 years of their lives underground, periodical cicadas burrow their way to the surface, climb trees …
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Distribution of cicadas in Illinois with a focus on the natural history, population genetics, and conservation of Megatibicen dorsatus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-04-12 without embargo terms
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Impacts of Driving Factors on Annual Cicada Emergence in Relation to the Seasonal Abundance of Eastern Copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix)
… of highly regulated cyclical organisms, like cicadas, are subject to temporal change. Variability in cicada emergence and abundance has been shown to impact the species that rely on the rapid influx of nutrients. One such predator is the Eastern Copperhead (<italic>Agkistrodon …
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Bat Resource Utilization Along the Potomac River Corridor in Maryland
In 2021, 17-year periodical cicadas (Magicicada spp.) in Brood X emerged throughout much of the eastern United States. Due to their abundance and lack of predator avoidance during their short six-week period on the above-ground landscape, many species of animals consume cicadas and in turn have …
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Population Demographics And Active Foraging Behavior Of Copperheads (Agkistrodon Contortrix) At A Recreational Site In Eastern Kentucky
… cues to forage for newly emerged annual cicadas (Tibicen spp.) on the ground and in patches of vegetation and small trees. On average, snakes were non-mobile for 61.00 ± 8.44 min (59%) and mobile for 42.69 ± 7.51 min (41%). The average distance traveled during a single foraging event was …
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Individual capture history affects site use and defensive behavior of foraging eastern copperheads at a recreational site
… of copperheads as they predate emerging annual cicadas (Neotibicen tibicen tibicen). Using a standardized behavioral trial for vipers, I tested whether copperhead defensive behavior toward humans was influenced by long-term capture history, within-season site-use history, body size, sex, and …
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Evidence of Non-Strike Induced Chemosensory Searching by Eastern Copperheads (Agkistrodon Contortrix) During Cicada Predation
… flick rates of successful events of tracking cicadas to unsuccessful attempts. My results support the hypothesis that tongue flick rates in movement categories are elevated to levels expected with predatory chemoreceptive searching, even though <italic>A. contortrix</italic> did not envenomate …
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Effect of nestling sex ratio on the provisioning behavior of adult Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis)
… spiders (<em>Araneae</italic>), and cicadas (<em>Hemiptera</italic>). Overall, male and female bluebirds delivered similar types of prey to nestlings. </p>
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The potential and promotion of entotourism in Gunung Ledang, Johor, Malaysia
… termites, dragonflies, moths, beetles, cicadas and damselflies. Field trials indicated that these insects were viable attractions as they are readily visible, safe, easily recognizable, with some having linkage to local culture. Regardless of the different environmental ambience, time of …
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The potential and promotion of entotourism in Gunung Ledang, Johor, Malaysia
… termites, dragonflies, moths, beetles, cicadas and damselflies. Field trials indicated that these insects were viable attractions as they are readily visible, safe, easily recognizable, with some having linkage to local culture. Regardless of the different environmental ambience, time of …
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Systematic Studies on the Leafhopper Subfamily Cicadellinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
… nutritionally poorest diets, along with related cicadas and spittlebugs. Statistical analyses using phylogenetic contrasts of hemipteran body sizes did not show a significant increase in xylem feeding lineages, but results should be viewed cautiously. Sharpshooters host two mutualistic bacterial …
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Out of the dirt: Fabrication of cicada-inspired nanostructured engineered surfaces and the assessment of their antibacterial properties
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-02-04 without embargo terms